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Event - 1979-09-25

Date: 
Tuesday, 1979, September 25
Location: 

Delivered a speech on foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Ismaili Centre London, performed by Lord Soames.

person_place_reference: 
H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


Speech

SPEECH TO THE ASIA SOCIETY - New York, U.S.A. 1979-09-25

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Source: 
Paigham-e-Imamat, pp. 125-133 Africa Ismaili, IX, 1-2 (July 1980), pp. 14-17

Mr Talbot, Ladies and Gentlemen, honoured guests and members of the Asia Society

By the Islamic calendar we will in just a few months enter the 1400th year of our faith. In the Christian accounting of time, we stand on the brink of the 21st century. It seems fitting to reflect, to consider what Islam has been and what it is to become in this new age. It is a time to speak about hazards and about visions.

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